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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1976-05-27, Page 18HEARING TESTS No Obligation EXETER PHARMACY Thurs., June 3 — 1 to 3 p.m. Batteries, accessories, repairs to most makes E. R. THEME Hearing Aid Service Ltd. 88 Queen 8t., S. Kitchener HEADING AIDS Page 18 Times-Advocate, May 27, 1.976 by Fred Youngs American Ali and Englishman Dunn Came to fight in the land of the hun Before the fight, the stage collapsed, So did Dunn when his defence lapsed. The Germans wouldn't buy Ali's gall Dunn may not be the only one to fall Ali kept his crown When Dunn went down But boxing in Munich doesn't make money For anyone but Muhammed Ali, It's poems like that that keep Muhammed Ali in the public eye. It's poems like that that will lose me my job. Whatever the case, it is obvious Europeans are not as enthralled with the most unusual personality in sports history. The five round fight between Muhammed Ali and Richard Dunn in Munich Monday night was not exactly history. Dunn could withstand Ali's floating, stinging bee combination for only a third of the allotted time but the real story happened well before the fight, even before the celebrated weighing in when the stage collapsed. The fight was losing money: at one point nearly $500,000 was expected to go down the tube as Europeans refused to purchase tickets. Only after some tax dodging manipulations did the promoter manage to save his shirt. That Ali could go somewhere and not sell out is somewhat astounding to we North Americans who have been known to pay up to $15 a head just to see him on closed circuit televi- sion and pay over $1,000 for scalped tickets. + + + Muhammed Ali is indeed an individual and certainly a master showman. With the exception of his stand against the draft, his entire career has been a calculated, planned rise to the top where he has stayed. His mid-sixties stand against the draft when he went to prison rather then Viet Nam remains a strong testimonial. Ali could have easily inducted into the service and served either as a minoor cog behind a desk or in one of the ump- teen ways of getting around the actual fighting, but he didn't. Other then that though, three things make Muhammed Ali. He is the best in his sport, he is intelligent and, most importantly, he is a salesman of paramount talent. What else could explain his popularity? Ali probably has a big ego, but he plays his ego to no end. Obviously, his claim that "I am the greatest" was not intended to go unheard. Immediately the public does two things: they either run to one side and claim that Ali is a jerk and that he will be whipped from the ring, or, they agree. Ali is the greatest, they might say, and he will prove it. What really happens is everyone takes a sudden interest in Ali because for the most part we can not abide our sportsmen to have their monumental egos so overtly dis- played. The other major event in Ali's career was his initial loss when he tried to regain the heavyweight crown. Not ex- actly the loss, but his quick claim that he was back and he would regain the crown; even after his defeat. The crux of the whole episode is that Ali did what he said, something everyone loves to have happen. So forthright, so deter- mined, so strong . . . it goes on and on. The rest of it, well the rest of it is all gilt and glitter. Straight. out and out promotion of one person by that per- son. When Ali arrives he brings with him his three ring cir- cus. And he is the only act in the circus, with enough to fill three rings. + + + Around him, Ali has spawned various purveyors of his myth creating stars of them as well. Howard Cosell, the provider of pretentious pedestrian, pusillanimous ponderings, misplaced monosyllables and moronic mumblings is a direct offshoot of Ali. ABC sports has risen in conjunction with Ali, seeing as they had an almost exclusive contract with him that allow- ed them to televise his fights and interview him endlessly. It was all so thrilling and Cosell went right up the ladder as long as he held onto the coat tails of Ali; trading of barbs and "witticisms" beamed in from wherever Ali met his next opponent. Ali has handed the public a selling job and he has taken Cosell and all the authors of endless books about him with him. + + + What Ali did was what no other boxer has done and few sports people ever do: He created a personality of himself. In a world where most of the athletes speak with the imagination of dish rags and think on their feet as fast as telephone booths, Ali was and is a new entity. He exploited his nerve and his imagination to force the public to take notice of him. No one discovered Muhammed Ali. Not because no one grasped the importance of an up and coming gold medal Olympic boxer. but because he didn't give anyone the chance. He shoved himself down our throats and all his ploys worked because, as he claims, there is no one like him. You just can't escape Ali. What is puzzling about Ali is how he got away with it. We have banished more than our share of athletes who didn't conform. Ali is a Black Moslem, Ali defied selective service, he is rumoured to be living with another woman and in the process of divorcing his wife, he is loud, abrasive, rude and egocentric. He demands respect and he gets it. By all accounts he should be a nothing. He is what many people reject in a public figure, yet some way or another he has managed to parlay all of those offensive qualities into a buyable commodity. Somewhere along the line, Muhamm- ed Ali became acceptable, There will never be another Muhammed Ali, which is a blessing and as much as you might dislike him, would you go up to him and call him Cassius Clay? The Dashwood Tigers opened their Huron-Perth baseball season Friday with an 8-5 win over Zurich and followed it up by hammering Hanover 12-5 Sun- day, in Hanover. The Tigers used three pitchers in their home opener with Jim Guenther hurling for the first four innings, Bob Hoffman for the fifth and sixth and Perry Stover picking up the final three. The Zurich crew used Pat Bedard and Dick Bedard in their losing cause. The Tigers were hampered by errors throughout the game, committing five, three of them resulting in runs for Zurich. Zurich capitalized on one of the errors in the first inning when Percy Bedard took advantage of one to pick up a single. He stole second base and was singled in by Gerrard Charette. Zurich added to their lead when Rick Schilbe got to second on an error and Charette singled him in in the third inning. The Tigers finally got on the scoreboard when Gary Therman stole second after walking, Gary Hartman was hit by a pitch to get The Exeter Minor Hockey Association held their annual meeting May 20, with "a good turnout, but not as well as I ex- pected" said newly elected president Ron Bogart, Bogart said invitations had been sent to all coaches and managers and each was requested to contact parents. "With this in mind" he said "the turnout was very disappointing." The meeting did get down to business, however, setting and finalizing dates and firming up ice time for the coming season. Hensall will be the main home grounds for Exeter hockey this season. Ice time has aready been confirmed there, and it will probably entail an increase in the cost of registration for the coming season. Hensall's ice costs $4 more an hour to rent, Minor Hockey day was set for January 30 with the annual novice tournament on December 26 and 27. Both events will be in liensall. The fall training program will start September 8. The camp will he running six weeks, ending on October 6. It is scheduled to take place in Huron Park. The Hawks pre season training will also be held in Huron Park. The annual EMHA golf tour- nament will be held June 26 at Ironwood Golf course. This is a Correction scored another three to stay in contention with Crehan, Hobley and Cunningham scoring but the seventh finished them off with the Tigers scoring another four runs when Bob Hoffman, Therman, Dickey and Hartman all scored. Therinan picked up another run for the Tigers in the eighth inning. John Hayter led the Tigers in hitting with a pair of doubles, followed by Parsons and Hart- man with a double and a single each and Dickey and Dietrich with a pair of singles each. The Tigers scored 12 runs on 11 hits and the Senators had five runs on eight hits., Perry Stover picked up the win for the Tigers pitching six of the nine innings with Jim Guenther on the mound for the remaining three innings. The next Tiger game is May 31, in Kincardine at 2:00 p.m. Their next home contest is against Chesley June 4 at 8:00 p.m. on base, Gary Gibson walked and Therman scored when Dave Parsons walked. Hartman also came across the plate before the end of the fifth to tie the score, The Tigers added two more runs when Bob Hoffman and Jim Hoffman were singled in by Ilartman and Gary Gibson in the sixth. St eve Bedour picked up another run for Zurich in the bottom of the seventh when a Tiger error let him cross the plate after he got to second on a wild pitch. The Mets then loaded the bases and Gerald Weido was walked, allowing Rick Schilbe to come in to make the score 4-4 after six and a half innings. The Mets couldn't hold the tie long though, as John Hayter hit a double in the top of the seventh and Brad Gregus drove him in on a single. Bob Hoffman and Glen Therman walked to put two men on and Gregus drove Hoffman in on a fielder's choice which went for the out rather than stopping the run. The Tigers picked up two more runs in the eighth inning when Dietrich and Parsons got on base; Hayter sacrificed to drive couples tournament with.a.111 members• invited. A social gathering will be held af- terwards. All fund raising dances will be held at the Kirkton- Woodham Community Center. The new executive is Ron Bogart, president, Ron Horn, past president, Ray Brooks and George Pratt, vice presidents, Bill Batten, secretary and Wayne Pearce, treasurer. Bogart told his new executive they "will face many problems this year" particularly without a home arena and in fund raising, "We need support from everyone" he said "morally and financially." "I am confident that the new executive is willing to face this major task and with everyone's co-operation" Bogart continued "we will have as good a year away from home as we have experienced in the past at home." EMHA elects executive, plans for "tough year them to second and third and Gregus' single brought them both in to give Dashwood an 8-4 lead. The Mets picked up another run in the ninth when Percy Bedard crossed home with the bases loaded. Bedard reached first on a walk. The Tigers had eight hits for eight runs with five errors and the Mets finished with five runs on six hits with three errors. Sunday in Hanover it was all Dashwood, as they built up a three run lead before the Senators could get on the board as the Tigers rolled to their 12-5 rout. Bob Hoffman and Jim Dietrich scored in the opening inning and Glen Therman picked up another run in the fourth. Danst and Seim scored for the Senators in the fourth. 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While Paul failed to background wearing boys' long jump, his brother Perry (in the the MSU shirt) placed fifth in the long jump. photo by Creech Tigers open season with two wins The trophy awarded Bill Mennen for sportsmanlike conduct was wrongly credited in last week's T-A. Mennen did win the trophy, but it was donated by the Pinery Park division of the OPP; not the Grand Bend division as stated. Gabian Stone Calcium Chloride in 100 pound bags Sand & Stone Gravel Stone for Weeping Beds EARL LIPPERT TRUCKING LTD. Crediton 234.6382 The column that's read for a purpose „, I , . W. lallkipt ! PP ,. ' by Scotty Hamilton III Mail your problems to "Impact" c/o this paper, All letters will be answered provided a stamped addressed envelope is enclosed. Some of general interest will be published. Letters must be signed but we will NOT reveal your identity. , "These Questions and Answers based on Ontario Law, - , are published to inform and not to advise. 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Well I took your suggestion, since I believe very strongly that the drinking age SHOULD be raised in Ontario, ( I see now where it has been recently raised in Saskatchewan). And I thought you might want to know, that since then, the only reply I have received was from Stephen Lewis, The Leader of the Opposition. It was a most informative and concerned letter and per- sonally signed by himself. It is gratifying to know that at least one party leader is aware of this most serious problem and presents valid plans to make changes concer- ning the drinking and advertising laws in Ontario, if given the opportunity. However I do think that it's shameful, that the two other parties in Ontario apparently, "couldn't care less", not even to the point of acknowledging cr. letter. "IMPACT" is indebted to this reader for sharing her ex- perience, regarding her mailing campaign with us. 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